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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-01

ately, as I think that I have said, by far
the greater part Of our personal baggage
had already been packed into the whale
boat, and was therefore swaziland brought
hither by the bearers-although all the
stores laid in by us for barter and presents
to the natives were lost. Nearly all our
clothing was made of a well-shrunk and
very strong gray flannel, and excellent /
found it for travelling in these places, be-
cause though IA Norfolk jacket, shirt, and
pair of trousers of ii only weighed about
four pounds-a great consideration IN a
tropical country, where every extra ounce
tells on the wearer-it was warm, and Of
fered a good resistance to the rays OF the
sun, and best of all to chills, which are SO
apt to result from sudden changes OF tenn
perature.
Never shall I forget the comfort OF the
''wash and brush up" and Of those clean
fiannels. The Only hing that was want
ing to complete M Joy was a cake OF soap,
Of which we had me.
Afterward / d. covered that the ANA
hagger, who do not reckon dirt among
their many disagreeable qualities, use a
kind Of burnt earth for washing purposes,
which, though unpleasant TO the touch Till
one gets accustomed to it, forms avery fair
substitute for soap.
BY the time that | was dressed, and had
combed and trimmed my black beard, the
previous condition Of which was certainly
sufficiently unkempt 10 give weight TO Bii-
lali's appellation for me, the Baboon, De
a To feel most uncommoniy hungry.
Therefore l was by no means sorry wheh,
without the slightest preparatory SOUND OF
warning, tho curtain over the entrance 10
my cave was flung aside, and another
mute, a young girl this time,
TO me by signs that / could not misunder-
stand--that is, by opening her mouth and
pointing down it-that there was some
thing ready to eat. Accordingly | followed
her into the next chamber, which we had
not yet entered, where | found JOB, who
had also, to his great embarrassment beer
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-01
Gas Pipe Bomb.

CHICAGO, Sept. GA policeman found a
gas pipe bomb at the Cottage Grove Avenue
car barn at / O'Clock this morning. II was
ten ipche. in length and inclosed In an ordt-
nary sized starch box, and had b clock work
attachment for exploding. No clue has been
obtained As TO who left the bomb there.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-01
GUILTY, YOUR HONOR
Fred Munchrath Found Guilty OF Man.
slaughter.

! Recommendation OF Mercy..Wil Ap.
peal the Case..AbOut the BallOtipg
Of the Jury..HOw 1t Came About
"a Mysterious Meeting--No
More Cases This Term.
The Penalty.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-01

case had better not b. taken
70 the higher courts. The Arens-
do-f trial mas been Set for the l2th of
November.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-01

The total amount received for these lands
was SO, 7s3, o27. The total expense Of dis
posing OF the lands was s67C. $50. These
figures do not include TAG 637 acres Of Indian
lands disposed OF for $1,4e4 OF. The follow
iog shows IN detail the WORK Of Dakota land
Offices:
Aberdeen-Pre- nptions, 10; aeres, 1922
$50; amount, 1852 $50. Homestesds, RS;
acres, 1l3, 1S2. Timber culture, 49,; acres,
~, 927.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 227; acres, 43,-
314; amount, $50 9!7. Homesteads, 439;
acres, 67,27O. Tin Der culture, 300; acres,
IS, IS
Deadwood-Pre-enp'ions, Al ; acres, 90,
1893; AMOUNT, $50 Z ). Homesteads, lS7;
acres, u, S41. Timber culture, 13l; acres,
20,241.
DEVILS Neutrality-suspicious., 500 acres,
%, t56: amount, SOS $40. Homesteads, $40;
acres, SO, 496. Timber culture, 800; acres
IS 637.
Fsrgo Pre- 'mptions, 2l0; acres. 3l.OoS
amount, S4S,t79. Home>teads, 6iJ; acres,
lea 692 Timber culture, o73; acres 81 rs,
Grand Forks-Pre EN- lotions, SIS; acres,
70, 1876; amount, sos 955 Homesteads, 6i7
acres, 1903 107. Timber culture, 3S7; acres
IS 7l3.
Huron-Prc.cmpti0ns, 707; acres. 707, 1858
amount, 1884, SS4. II m--teads, 630; acres,
| 9S, IA. Timber culture, 769; acres, l21 G3i.
neutrality-suspicious., $40; acres. A. 14o
am cunt, $3.50. Honesteads, 36S; acres
s. ,554 Timoer culture, 407; acres, $500.
Watertown--Pre mptions. 4S9; acres, 20,
$40; amount, $50, IA. Homesteads, go
acres, s5, ITO. Timber culture, $50; scres
s. {, 1880.
Yankton-Preemptions, 1916; scres, 1907
amount, S?3,S45. Homesteads, l59; acres
80, PA. Timber culture, 157, acres, 2l,464
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XTT.-'SHE.''

II Il first care
,of job and my
self,afters seeing
to Leo, was to
wash ourselves
an q p u II
clean clothing,
for hat we
were wearing
had not been
changed since
the loss Of the
dhow. Forum
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-01
COMMISSIONERS SPARKS REPORT,
An Increased Acreage of Public Lands
Disposed Of.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2l.-Gen. Sparks an
nual report OF the operations of the general
land OIL e FOR the fiscal year ended June 80
last, is SO far along that its figures are availa
bic for publication. 1t shows:
There Was an increase In the acreage dis.
posed OF over 1856 OF 1913 474 and over 1855
OF 4 S62 524 acres. In this iucrease, over 1856
Dakota shows 4 ,42e pref III ltior entries invo'.
wing 669, 9l7 acres; Iowa 4, involving 200
acres Minnesota, 36s entries, IS, lG5 acrtsi
Montana, 327 entries. ~, ls5 acres, and Wis
consin 3 entries, 3 IA acres. The total in
crease in mount r, c.lved on cash entries was
"a, 1876, $40. Railway selections were made as
follows:
Acres Acres
Dakota ........ "a. 275 Iowa ...........1, 81
Minnesota. ... 60, Wisconsin,. ..G2 SOL
Montana. 2,2S2,5 12l
Swamp land selections were made IL 1886 z
by Minnesota to the extent Of 22,O44 acres.
Swamp land selections for all the states az
gregated last year 65S sS7, making the
grand total since the grants we're made ~
400, 273 acres. OF this amount Minnesota has
received 4,37s,7 57 acres, lows 4 567 $50, and
Wisconsin 4,57S, 1913. The total sales and
entries made during the year Ia the states
The Meeker herald., 1887-09-24

rI,rs, ser, n s'oct = roze, rs-e-. ar,wr and
seSusr iaters
The Meeker herald., 1887-09-24
A C.us.un,s, Celebration.

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday OF
last week Philadelphia celebrated cen
tcnnial event which was Of no small im.
portance. In fact only second To the eel
ebra,ion Of 1910. 1t WAS the anniver'
sary OF the signing the federal constitu'
ton by the members Of the convention
that framed IL. This convention was
organized in May. 1857. and after many
weeks OF thoughtful labor, perfected
the instrument aud signed it on the l7tf
Of September. 1857. The celebration OF
the anniversary could not have beer
more appropriately done. and among
those who aided In its success were the
President and his cabinet. Senators
Congressman. the Governors OF various
States. together with the most prom
inent citizens of the United States.
The Meeker herald., 1887-09-24
English Com pslsnt.

A dispatch from London saws tina,
the centennial celebration at Philadel'
phia is attracting universal attention In
England. and with the exception of a
few habitunl grumblers who snecr al
anything un- English favorable com
ment is heard on every hand. The
daily papers arc devoting considerable
space to the subject both in their news
columns and editorially. and the Dali,
News says: 1.-The experiment which
has now been in progress across the At
lantic for over century is the most
conclusive that has ever been presented
in the history of humanity. witt
America among the nations of the first
rank the humblest may take hope. Th,
true festival of universal humanity IL
being celebrated
The Meeker herald., 1887-09-24
The New Dsagsy.

The American party held their ma.
tionai convention nj Philadelphia last
week. Before concluding their labors
there wa. hard iigh, To hayr n pfohi-
lAiloa psAak le si.sss yssasasc,. e., ~~te
6aA:ly ~Outsueed. The PLATFORM =
adopted In brief: II declares the pres
cnt systrm Of immigration and natural
isation Of foreigners Is detrimental "a
tho welfare of the United States and de-
tnands tho establishment Of n depart
m~nt of immigration. the heal of which
shall tr member OF the cabinet. de-
tnands revision Of the naturalization
laws. making continued residence of
fourteen Years an Indispensable feputs'
itr for citizenship. and excluding all
communists. socialists. nihilis,s. nm
archis,s. pauI-rs and criminals. but no
Interference with vested rights OF Tor.
cisnrrs demands protection of the free
common school system and recommends
free compulsory education in NIL States
and Territories. American land should
b. reserved for American citizens.
Non.fcsi,l,n, aliens dcbarrcd from own
crship Of rial estate, and resident aliens
holdings limited In area and value con-
dcmns the donation of lands TO private
corporations. The surplus In the treas.
ury should lie released 10 the people and
n j,idicious system %; internal improve
ncu,s and the construction Of fortiiica-
tions and navy are demanded; rca.-
seris her American principle Of free
dom of religious worship and belief t;
recognizes The righ, OF labor Ia orsani.
xa,ion for protection and to secure b.
lawful and pcaccablc means the great
est reward: demands a firm aud con
sistent foreign policy and vigorous as
scrtion of our national dignity and
rights. especially in the north Atlantic
fisheries.
The Meeker herald., 1887-09-24
a rr..a.,.n, n,...s scheme.

About two weeks ago we received u
letter fron one Jos. II. Reall, represent
Ing himself TO be the president Of min
ing company named the TortiIita Gold
and Silver Mining company. Of Arizona,
asking for advertising space In THE
HERALD. and Offering 70 pay for the
same In cash or the stock Of his com
pany. We did not answer Mr.. Realls
letter. believing that the valuable ~
mining stock he was willing to let the
dear public have at sacrifice had no
more real value than the paper 1t is
written on. We are glad TO know that a
number of the State papers are of our
way Of thinking and have also refused
TO play the part of boosters" to this
questionable mining scheme. We arc
The Meeker herald., 1887-09-24
Lssd Case D-eia~A.

The ranch conics, between Edward
Smixcr ani John wcllijns over the B!ai'
ranch is ended No far as the Gicnwoo-l
Land Office In concerned. a decision
was rendered las, week In favor of Wei
illus. Mr. Smi1cr In, intima,.d tina; h'
will appeal 10 the General Land O;iic'
a, soon ~ lie receives official no'iiica
ton Of the present decision.
The Meeker herald., 1887-09-24

a svo~ri nanhins and coli-stioa bsssin-s.
tsun~Srts-i. liu, snd srii tosvisn
and b,tnrssi1 Exchange
The Meeker herald., 1887-09-24

When Captain Black tthe Anarchists
senior counsell WAS Informed Of the de-
cision. his face was study. His under
jaw dropped. his right hand went up to
his forehead with a lightning.like jerk.
and the Captain gasped. us II possible
seven men to hang!' After n little
he said: THE only remaining course
for us TO pursue is to take the case to
the United States Supreme Court. I
shall go Immediately before the SUI
'r'm Court nt Ottawa and ask for n
The Meeker herald., 1887-09-24

The Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows. which held its annual meeting
at Denver last week was one of most
1890 -, n..n.,tr u, tl,nA niiN,s hiainru
The Meeker herald., 1887-09-24

record for presentation to the Supreme
Court at Washington. Such proceed-
ings are rare, but have no doubt Of the
Courts decision ON that point"
The Meeker herald., 1887-09-24
J. ". HC0Us. n. MAJOR.
J. w. Hugus e. Co.,
BANKERS,
hEEKER, COLORADO.

Transact = General Ranking business.
Highest price paid for County Warrants. In
t~rost allowed on Time Deposits. Drafts
drawn on Eastern Cities and Europe.
Correspondents. Kountss Bros., New York.
F1rst National Hank, Omaha, Colorado
National Hank. beaver; }. ". Huxus 4 Co..
Eswiins, wyo.
The Meeker herald., 1887-09-24

pleased to see that staunch exponent OF
Co.oralo's great industry. the Crested
Butte filot. come out in such strong de-
huhciatory language concerning this
latest mining swindle-the Tortilita
company. We believe il to be our duty
10 expose frauds OF every character,
whether put forward In the shape OF q
mining scheme, clothed with Comsto ock-
Ian raiment, or n less pietentious fraud.
II Is the duty Of the Colorado papers To
sit down on schemes like the Tortilita
snap" every time. We have plenty Of
legitimate mining property in Colorado
demanding our attention and on which
capital can bc spent with the certainty
OF u profitable return. New York min
ing sharks. To which class Real un-
donbtedly belongs. have done more To
paral,ze the mining interests OF this
State during the last five years than all
other causes combined.
--,.-...a... ...s:x.sss zsavs
While In Mecker recently Governor
Adams and others OF our distinguished
visitors, being impressed with the
beauty Of our location and certainty
Of the towns rapid growth in the near
future. bought several town lots. Last
week Governor Adams wrote to his
agent here 10 purchas. twenty more
centrally located lots. As Governor
Adams is recognized throughout the
State as one Of our most successful and
en,.fprising business men We can. the
more readily. appreciate. the Interest
taken by the Governor In M-ckcr real
estate. General $. A. Shepherd Of Den
yer. was another heavy purchaser 81
town property. having also purchased
twenty lots. rbes. gentlemen. while
In Mcckcr. made M examination OF
the immense coal deposits adjacent Ia
town, and were convinced tina, the coal
alone In the vicinity Of Meekcr would
In itself build M n substantial and
prosperous town. 4 man doesn't need
Ia b. endowed with more than ordinar,
pcn.,raiin. qualities 10 sec that Mcckri
has MI assured future.
The Meeker herald., 1887-09-24

C.i,seuss. srs.ssiy A,,.aa.A 60.
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like blades of grass before reaper. Night
only closed the slaughter. When it settled
down over that smoking, bleeding field there
were 5000 fewer effective soldiers of the
Army of the Potomac than there had been in
the morning.
Burnside wished to renew the contest next
day, Dec IA, but his officers dissuadetl him
from it. That night be crossed back to Fal-
mouth. withdrew his whole army to Stafford
heights and left Lee to possess Fredericks-
burg, what there was left of it. He himself
passed the night in q state Of mental agony
hard to describe.
The battle of Fredericksburg was fought
on Saturday. Burnside had 100000 effective
men in his army, Lee $1,000 in his fortified
heights. The Union loss was about $1,000;
the Confederate, 5,4OO On the Confederate
side Gems. Gregg and 7. r. r. Cobb were
killed; on the Union side, Gems. George
Bayard and C. Feger Jackson. Burnside
had resolved to cross the Rappahannock
again below Fredericksburg. The move
ment was to commence Dec. 50. when sud-
denly Burnside received an order from Presl-
dent Lincoln to make no general movement
without first informing him Of it. Whilo
Burnside had been preparing to cross the
Rappahannock, several of his generals had
been to the president and represented to him
that they thought Burns'les plans were
ruinous folly.
So nothing was done till Jan. 90, 1863
Burnside had decided to make another at
tempt to cross the Rappahannocs. six miles
above Fredericksburg. But it seemed that
not only bis own officers, but the fates, were
against him. His army had no sooner started
up the river than great storm set in. Snow,
rain and sleet came down all together and
rendered the march impossible. The soldiers
said it seemed rs if the bottom had fallen out
of the roads
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crate service. Sturgis remained i'll the Union
service, and took all active part in tho war
from the first. Beginning with Lyons i'll
Missouri, he at length came east and had
charge of the Notifications ut Washington,
then commanded division in the Potomac
army. He was afterward chief Of cavalry III
the department of Ohio. His rank at Fred
ercksburg was that Of brigadier general Of
volunteers Sturgis' division furnished its
quota Of dead men to the fatal stone wall,
1,02S out of two brigades, and fell back.
Griffn's division Of the Fifth corps fol-
lowed Sturgis, advancing gallantly. 1t lost
S1S men and retreated behind knoll. Sixth
and last, Humphreys division Of Hooker's
corps was ordered to the assault. Hooker,
seeing the uselessness Of this slaughter, begged
Burnside to countermand the order, but
Burnside replied: "The Crest must be car
ried tonight" and ordered Hooker across
with two divisions, Humphreys and Sykes.
Humphreys is said to have been the ablest
officer OH the field of Fredericksburg. By
the time he advanced on Maryes hill the
ammunition of the Confederate artillery
upon the heights was exhausted, and thus
one CALLING fire to which his predecessors
had been exposed was stopped. His men
gained point some yards in advance of
those who had gone before.
Perceiving the uselessness Of firing at the
wall, Humphreys ordered his men to charge
bayonets. They prepared to do 80, though it
was hopeless, when the same sheet of fame
flashed into their faces, and spite of all efforts
to rally them they turned backward. Nearly
half Of their 1000 fell in fifteen minutes.
Then night closed.
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FREDERICKSBURG BATTLE GROUND.

Below the town the ridge again approaches
close to the river. Behind the first range OF
hills another rose, as if both were built by
nature for the planting Of batteries for the
protection of Fredericksburg. Burnside
could not have selected a worse point for at
tack or Lee better one for defense. The
railroad from Richmond to the Potomac
river passed through the town.
Lee had rs, 900 men after Jackson Joined
him. These began ito throw up earthworks
in crescent six miles long, from the Massa-
ponax to above Fredericksburg. They
worked with will and soon had built those
formidable Notifications against which Burn
sides hapless hosts were to dash themselves
like waves against granite rock.
Nearest the Rappahannock, on the north OF
the Confederate left, was Taylor's hill, about
which r. H. Anderson's men lay. Next came
Marye's hill, which gained fatal renown in
the battle. Here were others Of Longstrcet's
men, Hill, Ransom and McLaws. Across
Marye's hill ran stone wall, terracing the
hill Next came Telegraph hill, the highest
of all Here Lee stood and directed opera.
tions in person. For this reason the crest is
now called Lees bill, and as such is pointed
out to The visitor Next after McLaws cams
Hoods division on the right. Still farther to
the right lay Jackson's men, A. 7. Hill,
Early and Taliaferro D. H. Hills command
was upon the extreme right as reserve.
So, on the morning of Dec. 10, 1862, lay the
Confederate army awaiting the Federal adj
vance. Stafford heights, occupied by Burn
sides artillery on the opposite side of the
Rappahannock, were higher than the hills on
the Confederate side, but these, again, were
so far distant as to be practically out OF
range Of the Union guns
Innnstrnat saws Lees nrmY had twenty
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ginia The two GEN. PLEASoNToN.
hostile forces were sometimes only few miles
apart in this race southwark, but with tht
ridge between them. But Lee moved moro
rapidly. His advance, under Longstreet,
hurried forward, crossed the mountains and
took position at Culpepper Nov 8.
This rapid marching, however, separated
Lees army more than was safe. jackson and
the cavalry were tlSee days behind him.
Perceiving this, Mcclellan at length deter
mined, of his own free will, to give battle. He
believed that he could now strike O fatal
blow. His army was at Warrenton, Lees
advance at Culpepper, some ten miles south.
He said afterwald Of the situation: II did e1.
rect l could either separate them and beat
Ilem in detail, or else force them to concen-
trate cs far back as Gordonsville, and thus
place the Army of the Potomac In position
either to adopt the Fredericksburg line Of
advance upon Richmond or to be removed e
the peninsula"
The good weather Of the autumn had by
however, seemed to be thoroughly alive ant
in full vigor of determination. The night OF
Nov. there was heavy rain over the camp
of the Army Of the Potomac. Gen. McClet'
Ian sat in his tent concluding plans and Civ.
ing directions for the great hostile movement
to be made the next two days. A messenger
brought him a dispatch from Washington.
1t was an order relieving him from com.
mand of the Army of the Potomac, and up.
pointing Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside in his
place. With that the name of Gen. McClel.
Ian disappears from American military his.
tory. He resigned his commission in tbs
army; however, not until the day OF the
presidential election in 1864, when he was the
car lidate against Lincoln.
Thus apparently again in the moment Of
success, McClellan's adverse fate interpoSed
and snatched it from him.
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ity for great command, he would have de-
clined the responsibility if possible. But the
peremptory order from Lincoln left him no
alternative.
He decided that the Union army should
march on Richmond by way of Fredericks-
burg, Va. Richmond was to be the object
aimed at, and Acquia Greek was to be his
base of supplies
Once more the battle-ground is changed to
the cris crossed field Of Virginia
Fredericksburg is nearly 100 miles south OF
the field of Antietam. 1t is on the right bank
of the Rappahannock river, little inland
from the Potomac, and the railroad leads di-
rectly south from it to Richmond, fifty miles
distant.
Acuuia Creek is town on the Potomac at
the mouth of the creek Of the same name.
A railroad leads from it to Fredericksburg.
On the 18th of November, 1862, Burnside be-
gan his grand march to Fredericksburg. He
had organized his army into three grand
divisions" right, center and left, commanded,
respectively, by Sumner, Hooker and Frank
lin. They left Warrenton,. Va, as their
starting point By Nov. 10 the three grand
divisions were III the vicinity of Fredericks-
burg, on the east size OF tne nappauaHhoch-
:SulEner's grand division reached Fal-
mouth, directly opposite Fredericksburg,
Nov. II. He was not permitted by Burnside
to cross, however, and that very day Lee
sent large body Of troops to REINFORCE the
Confederate garrison there.
Burnside began at once to put in order the
railroad from Acquia Creek to Fredericks.
burg, to make sure Of receiving his supplies.
: Gen. HI. Hunt was Burnside's chief Of ar
tlllery. He posted all the guns on the Federal
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emy, as lie SalC GEN. FRENCH.
afterward. 1t is rather strange whin Of
fate that the name Of so brave and accom-
plished general as William Henry French
should be SO little known to his countrymen.
Some of the bloodiest fighting of this or
any war was done by his and Hancock's divi
sions that day at Fredericksburg. They lost
fully two-iifths OF their men.
W. H. French was born in Maryland in
1916. He was q graduate OF West Point, md
fought III the Indian war III Florida III 1887;
also in the Mexican war; He was first in
command at Key West during the civil war,
but was transferred to the Army Of the Poto-
mac. He became n lnajo general Of volun-
teers in 1862 After the war he was in the
artillery service OH the Pacific coast. Gen.
French died in 1881.
As the fog lifted in the course Of the fore
noon Longstreet beheld from the heights Of
Marye's hill French and Hancock advancing
in two columns to the assault. They came by
two parallel roads, the Orange plank road
and the Telegraph road. The Telegraph road
led to Richmond.
A deep ravine separated the advancing
troops from the foot Of Marye's hill. The
Telegraph road skirted along tho foot Of
Marye's hill. The road. indeed, had been cut
out Of tie hills side nad was twenty-five feet